[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 148 (2002), Part 17]
[Senate]
[Pages 22822-22823]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



 NOMINATION OF DENNIS W. SHEDD, OF SOUTH CAROLINA, TO BE U.S. CIRCUIT 
                      JUDGE FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Senate will now 
go into executive session to proceed to the consideration of Executive 
Order No. 1178, which the clerk will report.
  The legislative clerk read the nomination of Dennis W. Shedd, of 
South Carolina, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Fourth 
Circuit.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Vermont.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, how much time is under the control of the 
Senator from Vermont?
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Three hours.
  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, I have discussed this with the 
distinguished senior Senator from Utah. I am going to speak on another 
matter prior to going to the Shedd nomination, although I have no 
objection to the time coming out of the 3 hours.

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